Stove-lid.



WITNESSES PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

, M. PIGOIANO.

STOVE LID.-

APPLICATION Mum IBB.28,1907.

IZIZIC INVENTOR- A TTORNE Y5 formed within the lid. A great objection experienced MICHAEL PIGGIANO, OF HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOVE-LID.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed February 28,1907. Serial No. 359,767.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL PICCIANO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Stove-Lid, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stove lids of that type having means whereby the same can be used as a damper without necessitating the removal of the lid from the stove.

Devices of this character have heretofore been made of two or more parts secured together, said parts being disposed to cooperate so as to open or close apertures with devices of this nature, however, has been the fact that dust and grease accumulate between the working parts and hinder their proper actuation. Moreover, it becomes almost if not entirely impossible to remove these undesirable accumulations.

The object of the present invention is to overcome these objectionable results by so arranging the parts of the lid that the same can be readily disconnected so as to facilitate the cleaning thereof.

A still further object is to provide simple and efficient means whereby either of the lid sections can be raised from the stove. 4

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of the lid; Fig. 2 is a similar view thereof with the revoluble mem-. ber removed; and Fig. 3 is a section on line x-x, Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 is the body of the lid formed with an annular flange 2 one face of which is flush with the top of the body and has a recess 3 in the upper face thereof designed to receive a lifter. The body is formed with a circular recess 4 in the top face thereof, the bottom of which is provided with a series of sector-shaped openings 5 spaced apart at regular intervals. One wall of each of these openings is notched as shown at 6 for the purpose hereinafter set forth. Fitted within the recess 4 is the revoluble member 7 of the lid. The upper face of this member is flush with the corresponding face of the body 1 and formed within this member 7 are the clusters of apertures 8 grouped together in such a manner that when the member 7 is in one position each group of apertures will open into one of the openings 5 and when the member 7 is in another position the apertures of each group will be closed by the bottom of the recess 4. A stop pin 9 extends downward from the member 7 near one of the clusters of apertures and is adapted to oscill late within any one of the openings 5 into which it may be placed. The notch 6 of said opening is adapted to receive the stop pin when the member 7 is in position with its apertures 8 closed. A curved opening 10 extends downward into the central portion of the member 7 to about one-half the thickness of said member, the ends of said opening being located within the upper face of the revoluble member. This opening is designed to receive a suitable lifting tool whereby the member 7 can be readily raised out of the recess 4. A small recess 11 is formed in the top face of the member 7 near its periphery and by placing the end of a lifter or other implement within this recess the member 7 can be partly rotated within the recess 4 so as to shift the clusters of apertures 8 so that the same will be opened or closed. The movements of the member 7 are limited by the pin 9 contacting with the walls of the opening 5 in which it is placed.

It will be noted that the body 1 and the member 7 are not fastened together by a pivot and therefore the member 7 can be conveniently lifted out of the recess 4 whenever it is desired to clean the parts. It is of course understood that the flange 2 is adapted to rest upon the supporting flange 12 in the opening 13 formed within the top 14 of a stove. The member 7 is so fitted within the recess 4 as to be capable of rotating freely therein without, however, shifting laterally to any appreciable extent.

It will be seen that the parts of this lid can be made at slight cost and that the entire lid can be readily substituted for stove lids such as ordinarily used.

What is claimed is: I

1. A stove lid consisting of a body having a circular recess thereinformed with a plurality of regularly spaced openings, and a circular revoluble member within the recess and unsecured to the body, said member having regularly spaced clusters of apertures designed to register with the openings in the body, and also having a lifter receiving opening and a recess for the reception of an actuating device, and a stop extending from the revoluble member and into any one of the openings in the base, each of said openings having a notched wall to receive the stop.

2. A stove lid consisting of a body having a circular recess therein formed with a plurality of regularly spaced openings, and a circular revoluble member within the recess and unsecured to the body, said member having regularly spaced clusters of apertures designed to register with the openings in the body, and also having a litter receiving opening between said clusters and a recess for the reception of an actuating device, and means projecting into one of the openings from said member for limiting the rotation of said member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I

have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

MICHAEL PICCIANO.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH GALBIATI, ORAZIO SANTOPEWLS. 

